Question | Answer |
What was Fort Ticonderoga? | -located along the Hudson River, near the New York-Vermont border
-the fort housed cannons and supplies
-Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen led an on the British and caught them by surprise
-captured without a fight |
What was Bunker Hill? | -three major generals arrived in Boston to assist Lt. Gen. General Gage: Sir William Howe, Sir Henry Clinton, John Burgoyne
-the American forces dug into Breed's Hill
-the Americans ran out of gunpowder and were forced to retreat |
What was the Battle of Quebec? | -Gen. Richard Montgomery led and army from Fort Ticonderoga, while Benedict Arnold led a second army through Maine, and joined forces in Quebec
-the French Canadians provided little support
-USA lost
-Montgomery was killed, Arnold was wounded |
What was Moore's Creek Bridge? | -Gen. Henry Clinton joined forces with Cornwallis to begin a major offensive in the South
-Considered the "Lexington and Concord of the South" |
What was Long Island? | -The British retreated to Canada
-Washington moved south and split his army between Manhattan and Long Island
-Goal of the British was to gain a surrender of the Continental Army |
What was Trenton? | -Congress fled to Baltimore
-all dictatorial powers were given to Washington
-Howe chased Washington across the Delaware River into Pennsylvania
-Hessians guarded Trenton
-Hessian John Rall was mortally wounded |
What was Princeton? | -Howe dispatched a large force under Cornwallis to Trenton
-When it was dark, Washington moved 400 troops
-men were left behind to give the illusion of a full camp
-Gen. Mercer was killed |
What was the Northern Campaign? | -John Burgoyne's plan was have 3 armies converge on Albany to control the Hudson and cut off New England from the rest of the colonies
-LOOK AT NOTES NOW!!! |
What was the Philadelphia Campaign? | -made up of 3 battles
-Brandywine, Paoli, and Germantown
-British won all battles |
What was Monmouth? | -Clinton replaced Howe as commander of British forces in America
-Charles Lee was told to attack Clinton's army but demonstrated poor leadership
-Washington took command at critical moment
-"Molly Pitcher" legend
-Last major battle in the North |
What was the Southern Campaign? | -Clinton focused on the South
-LOOK AT NOTES NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
What was the Final Campaign? | -Cornwallis moved his army north
-Militia attacked outposts and supplies
-Cornwallis settled in Yorktown
-The French blocked Chesapeake Bay |
What was Yorktown? | -8000 soldiers laid down their arms as a British drum and fife played "the world turned upside down"
-The last major engagement of the Revolutionary War |
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